• 대한구강악안면병리학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2017

Lycorine, a natural alkaloid extracted from the Amaryllidaceae plant family, was reported to various physiological and pharmacological effects including anti-cancer activity. Nevertheless, there is no report of the anticancer effect of lycorine in oral cancer cells. The effects of lycorine on cell proliferation and apoptosis were examined through trypan blue exclusion assay, 4'-6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) stain, Live/Dead assay, Western blot analysis and RT-PCR. Lycorine suppressed cell viability and induced apoptosis in MC3 and HSC-3 cell lines. Lycorine decreased survivin protein but did not affect its mRNA. It regulated survivin through accelerating protein degradation in a time-dependent manner although neither proteasome nor lysosome was not associated with lycorine-mediated protein degradation. Collectively, our results suggest that lycorine may be a potential therapeutic anti-cancer drug candidate for the treatment of human oral cancer.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.354-358
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• 2014

A screening test showed that lycorine exhibited significant antifungal activity against 24 pathogenic crop fungi at concentrations of 500 ${\mu}g/ml$ and 100 ${\mu}g/ml$, respectively. Fusarium graminearum was selected for antifungal mechanism studies by observing its mycelial morphology and investigating the variations in its conductivity. In addition, the substance absorption and metabolism of F. graminearum were explored. The mechanism was revealed as being one by which lycorine destroyed the cellular membrane and further influenced substance absorption and cell metabolism.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.228-232
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• 2010

Bioactivity-guided fractionation using on-line HPLC biochemical detection system on $CHCl_3$-soluble fraction of Lycoris radiata led to the isolation of deoxylycorenine (1), O-demethylhomolycorine (2), galanthamine (3), lycoramine (4), mixture of $6{\alpha}$-and $6{\beta}$-haemanthidine (5), and lycorine (6), identified by spectroscopic data and physicochemical property. Among the isolated compounds, 1, 3 and 6 showed acetylcholinesterase inhibitiory activities with $IC_{50}$ values of 18.0, 12.0 and $16.6\;{\mu}M$, respectively, in in vitro colorimetric microplate assay.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.67-70
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• 1975

Lycorine was removed when lycorise was submerged and aciditied and lycorine was removed completely when the yellow spirit added after lycorise was submerged. A sweet tasts was increased when the wheat gluten has been made with the mixture of lycorise and the yellow spirit, and the viscosity was increased. The color of caramel was fixed completely when the yellow spirit and lycorise were used, simultaneously. The decolorization was not good when only the yellow spirit was used and the quantity of heat and time were saved, and the good color was obtained in the wheat gluten than lavamelization. The caramel obtained from the yellow spirit and lycorise was excellent than sugar.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.59-64
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• 2006

문주란(Crinum asiaticum Linne var. japonicum)은 한국, 말레이지아 등 동남아시아 지역에서 관절통, 해열, 궤양 치료, 국부의 소염 및 해열 등의 목적에 민간요법 등으로 오래 전부터 사용되어 오고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 문주란의 화장료 조성물로서의 가능성을 확인하기 위하여 iNOS (inducible nitric oxide synthase) 억제 그리고 PGE2, IL-6, and IL-8 방출 억제에 의한 항염 효능을 측정하였다. pH를 3.5로 조절하고 95% ethanol을 사용하여 추출한 후, HPLC 실험으로 문주란의 주성분이 면역조절물질로 잘 알려진 lycorine이며 대략 1% 정도 함유한 것을 확인하였고 그 함량은 문주란의 추출 부위 및 추출방법에 따라 달랐다. 리포다당(lipopolysaccharide, LPS)에 의해 활성화된 생쥐 대식세포(RAW 264.7 cells)에서 생성되는 NO 형성의 억제능을 측정한 항염실험에서, 문주란 에탄을 추출물은 투여량에 비례하는 저해능을 가지고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다($IC_{50} = 83.5 {\mu}g/mL$). 또한 RT-PCR법을 이용하여 문주란 에탄을 추출물이 iNOS 유전자 발현도 억제함을 확인하였다. 또한, 문주란 추출물은 전혀 세포독성을 보이지 않았으며 오히려 LPS에 대하여 세포증식효과를 나타내었다(세포생존율 약 $10{\sim}60%$ 증가). 인간의 섬유아세포에서 과산화수소에 의해 활성화된 PGE2, IL-6 및 IL-8 방출 억제효능 측정 실험에서는 0.05%와 1% 농도 이상에서 (PGE2와 IL-6의 분비가) 거의 완전히 억제됨을 확인할 수 있었고, 나아가서 IL-8의 경우는 모든 실험농도 범위에서 완전히 억제되었다(>0.0025%). 이러한 결과로부터 문주란의 추출물이 충분한 항염 효과를 가지고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.90-96
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• 2011

Automated HPLC/SPE/HPLC coupling experiments using the Sepbox system allowed the rapid identification of four bioactive principles reducing the production of amyloid $\beta$-peptide ($A{\beta}$) from two South African plants, Euclea crispa subsp. crispa and Crinum macowanii. The structures of biologically active compounds isolated from the methanol extract of Euclea crispa subsp. crispa were assigned as 3-oxo-oleanolic acid (1) and natalenone (2) based on their NMR and MS data, while lycorine (3) and hamayne (4) were isolated from the dichloromethane-methanol (1:1) extract of Crinum macowanii. These compounds were shown to inhibit the production of $A{\beta}$ from HeLa cells stably expressing Swedish mutant form of amyloid precursor protein (APPsw).

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.107-112
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• 2014

This research aimed to investigate the antibacterial activity of Lycoris radiata. The methanol extract and solvent fractions from L. radiata exhibited antibacterial activities against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Helicobactor pylori. Open-column chromatography was used to isolate phytochemical constituents from L. radiata; spectroscopic analysis elucidated their structures as ${\beta}$-sitosterol (1), daucosterol (2), O-methyllycorenine (3), lycorenine (4), lycoricidinol (5), lycorine (6), and lycoricidine (7). Further testing of compounds 1 - 7 revealed antibacterial effects against E. coli, S. aureus, and H. pylori, which suggested the potential of these substances as antibacterial agents. We determined that compounds 1 and 2, isolated from the n-hexane fraction, were more effective against S. aureus and H. pylori. Compound 4, isolated from the methylene chloride fraction, exhibited noticeable antibacterial effects against E. coli. This study is the first report on the antibacterial activities of phytochemical constituents from L. radiata against E. coli, S. aureus, and H. pylori.